GiantSlayer
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- Jan 27, 2013
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I heat my vials up each time I take an injection, I get the cup of water, drop my vial in, take a shower, then pin. Heated oil is easier to pin versus room temp oil. Try it out and c if it works for u.
Honestly, it's the sterility of that practice that worries me. Not that water is going to get in the vial... more along the lines of it getting under the metal crimp around the stopper. That can make for a breeding ground. Obviously I swab the stopper with alcohol first, but I do not take sterility lightly. I pin too often to get sloppy. Even when I heated this vial, I held it's crimp above the water line. Maybe I'm crazy... maybe not. I guess I could always hold the crimp above the water line... Maybe I will try it. I don't really have issues with oil viscosity regardless.
(look at the guy pinning cloudy UGL gear lecture about sterility... I know, but I'm OCD like that)